AskNicely
NPS and customer feedback platform for frontline teams.
Alternatives · 2026
Alternatives to 15Five
Continuous performance and OKR platform for managers.
6 hand-curated alternatives from MintedSaaS's directory. See the 15Five listing →
15Five is a performance management platform that combines continuous feedback, goal tracking via OKRs, and 1-on-1 meeting tools for managers and their teams. It's built for mid-to-large organizations that want to move beyond annual reviews and replace them with ongoing conversations. The product targets managers and HR teams who need structured processes for performance conversations while still collecting real-time feedback from employees.
Companies typically use 15Five to run continuous performance cycles, cascade goals across departments, and reduce the time managers spend on administrative review work. A buying team might implement it when they're scaling beyond spreadsheets or exit-date-driven legacy review systems, or when they want to tie OKR progress to performance conversations. If your organization has invested in goal-setting frameworks but struggles to connect them to how people are actually being managed, or if your managers need a single place to log feedback and track performance between formal review periods, this is the category you're shopping in.
What we offer that competes
Sapling
Onboarding and people ops platform now part of Kallidus.
Bonusly
Peer-to-peer recognition and rewards for distributed teams.
Officevibe
Pulse surveys and engagement insights for managers.
Culture Amp
Employee engagement, performance, and development platform.
Lattice
Performance reviews, goals, and engagement in one platform.
What to look for
- Whether the platform lets non-managers view their own feedback scores or only shares aggregate sentiment with HR
- Whether historical performance data and feedback can be exported as CSV or bulk-downloaded before contract renewal
- Whether the system enforces a fixed review cycle or allows managers to run feedback and goals continuously throughout the year
- Whether the platform's API is documented and available to all customers or restricted to enterprise plans
- Whether integrations with your HRIS and calendar system are native connectors or require middleware like Zapier
- Whether managers can set individual goals outside of company-wide OKRs, or if the tool forces a top-down goal cascade
FAQ
What's the difference between 15Five and Culture Amp?
Culture Amp focuses on surveying employees and analyzing sentiment at scale, with strong reporting on organizational health trends. 15Five is built around manager workflows—1-on-1s, goals, and continuous feedback—and assumes managers are the primary users logging data into the system.
Are there free alternatives to 15Five?
Bonusly offers a free tier for peer-to-peer recognition and feedback, but it's limited to small teams. Most performance and OKR platforms, including Lattice and Culture Amp, require paid plans for production use.
Can I use a performance platform without an OKR system?
Yes. Officevibe and AskNicely are built primarily around feedback and engagement, not goal-setting, so they work well if you're managing performance through 1-on-1s and check-ins rather than structured OKRs.
Which performance platforms integrate with our HRIS?
Lattice and Culture Amp both offer pre-built connectors to major HRIS systems like Workday and BambooHR. Sapling is an HR operating system itself and integrates bidirectionally with downstream performance tools. Check the platform's integration docs for your specific HRIS.
Do I need separate tools for goals, feedback, and reviews?
15Five bundles all three, which works well if your managers want a single interface. Bonusly and AskNicely excel at feedback but don't handle goal-tracking, so many teams run them alongside a goal platform.
What's the minimum team size to make a performance platform worth it?
Most platforms are cost-effective at 50+ people. Below that, spreadsheets or lightweight tools like Bonusly's free tier often suffice. Above 200 people, the per-user cost becomes small relative to the time managers save.
Can managers give feedback to each other in real time?
Yes—Bonusly, Officevibe, and Culture Amp are all built around asynchronous feedback loops where anyone can recognize or comment on peer work. 15Five's strength is the manager-initiated 1-on-1 structure.
Do these platforms store historical feedback, or is it only current cycle?
All six platforms retain historical feedback for audit trails and trend analysis. Lattice and Culture Amp make historical comparison especially easy with dashboards that surface year-over-year changes.